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  2. British Empire - Wikipedia

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    At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power. [1] By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [ 2 ] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [ 3 ] 24 per cent of ...

  3. File:The British Empire.png - Wikipedia

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  4. Portal:British Empire - Wikipedia

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    At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), 24 per cent of the Earth's ...

  5. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.

  6. Pax Britannica - Wikipedia

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    An elaborate map of the British Empire in 1886, marked in pink, the traditional colour for imperial British dominions on maps. Pax Britannica (Latin for ' British Peace ', modelled after Pax Romana) refers to the relative peace between the great powers in the time period roughly bounded by the Napoleonic Wars and World War I.

  7. Portal:British Empire/Selected picture - Wikipedia

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  8. The East Offering its Riches to Britannia - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire at its height was the largest empire in history. Its domination began around 1500 and by 1913, the British Empire had dominion of over 23 per cent of the world population or about 412 million people. [5] The painting commissioned by the East India Company was a tribute to the British Empire. The East India Company offers its ...

  9. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901 which signified the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians ...